PATRON TIER LIST S6E2 - Realm of Fear

I have a hard time not loving a barclay episode

A solid episode exploring anxiety and fear with a fun sci-fi twist. Not the series' best, but I don't think it needs to be. The weird transporter worms that bite you being the missing crew members makes absolutely no sense to me, though. I feel like if they made the entities human-shaped, that twist would have played much better.

It was a good episode.... Barclay is slowly weaning off the replicated soy lattes.

This is the true start to the 6th season for me. It’s another great Barclay episode and thoroughly enjoyable! A

It's favorite. I don't think I would want to be transported, myself. I think they are killing the original and making a copy

Low C for me. A whole lot of filler

Not a groundbreaking plot, if it was anyone else involved with it besides Barclay, as a side character, it'd be closer to B. But Dwight Schultz elevates everything he's in, he raises the bar at least by one point in default.

A. Almost a B because the story itself is not that special, but hypochondriac Barclay googling diseases is just hilarious.

Maybe not absolutely the perfect episode but thoroughly enjoyable

The 24th century fear of flying allegory.

Lots of technobabble in this one, including a line about Heisenberg Compensators to explain away how one maintains conscious thought through a matter/energy conversion on a quantum level in an attempt to dispel the theory transporters just create copies. As an episode, it 's a little out there, but it's good idea experimentation.

I find it hard to fault a Barclay episode.. A for me.

Barclay overcoming fear, a rare early 6th season Chief appearance, and a twist the audience didn't figure out early. What's not to like? A tier for me.

There's nothing wrong with this episode. There's just nothing remarkable about it either. C. It's nothing more than filler for me.

A. I rewatched this one quite a lot of times. Always entertaining! Must be the 'barcley factor'

I find the episode mostly forgettable except for one big thing. 30 years later I still sometimes tap the side of my neck when I need to calm myself down…

Solid B tier. Nothing ground breaking, but still an enjoyable Barclay ep.

A high B for me. What's interesting is when "time" changes my opinions for episodes. I truly appreciate the creepiness to the mystery in this episode which I didn't notice before.

B for Barclay

If there was something between S and A then this would slot right in easily.

A.